carefront

English

Etymology

Blend of care +‎ confront

Verb

carefront (third-person singular simple present carefronts, present participle carefronting, simple past and past participle carefronted)

1. (transitive) To caringly confront; to approach (someone) and reprove them in a loving and respectful manner.
   • 2012, John Ng, Smiling Tiger, Hidden Dragon, page 307:

     We can carefront on issues and relationships that matter.

Related terms

• carefrontation